Hood fastener



S. DE ORLOW Hoon FASTENER Nov.

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S. DE' ORLOW HOOD FASTENER Filed Sept. l 17. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2dimm?.

Patented Nov. .1', 1927.

UNITED STATE STEPHEN DE OBLOW, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

HOOD FASTENEB.

Application med september 17, 1925.. serial No. 56,853.

This invention relates to hood fasteners of that type used at the sidewalls of an engine hood or cover for retaining the hood or cover in aclosed position, yet permittin 5 of easy accessbeing had to the interioro l this invention isto provide' a hood fastenerincluding an insidebracket, a latch member movably supported by the bracket and gu1ded bythe hood wall so that it may be shifted relative to a keeper inside thehood, and a 2" handle member connected to the latch member and extendingthrough the hood wall and adapted to fulcrum against the vbracket sothat the latch member may be shifted relative -to its keeper. l i u 25.Other objects and advantages are gained by my hood fastener which willnow be dep scribed by aid of the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is avertical sectional view of a portion" of a hood provided with a fastenershown as holding a hood wall in a closed position;

Fig. 2 is a View ofthe inner side of the hood wall provided with a.fastener;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line III-III of Fig.1;

, Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the latch mechanisms'hifted for hood;

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of a bracket carried by the hood wall; Y

Fig. 6 is a similar view of a handle member, and l Fig. 7 is a similarview of a fulcrum abutment for the handle member.

opening the In the drawings, the reference numeral 1v bracket 7 ispressed outwardly to providea 1de housing 9 having a longitudinal. slot10 with the lower end of the slot enlarged, as at 11.

The lower or horizontal portion of the bracket 7 is provided with anup-struck sprmg retainer 12 and at the angle of the bracket is vanopening 13 and a communicating slot 14.

. Mounted on the lower or horizontal portion of the bracket 7 andsecured thereto by rivets 15 are the apertured ears 16 of an angularlydisposed fulcrum abutment 17 which is located at theclosed end of theslot 14 and extends upwardly at an angle to said' bracket. l

The reference' numeral 18 denotes a latch member which has its lower endsomewhat hook shaped, as at 19 and provided with a keeper engaging lip20. The upper end of the latch is also somewhat hook shaped, as at 21'and is formed with a spring retainer 22 adapted to cooperate with thespring retainer 12 of the bracket in retaining a coiled expansion spring23 in place so that its eX- ansive force against the upper end of thelatch member will hold the lower end thereof in engagement with thekeeper.5.v The upper end of the latch member is also formed with a-guidelug 24 twisted to afford a head 25 which is placed through the enlargedend y yet permit of said latch member being tilted or 1ptherwise shiftedrelative to the hood wa The reference numeral 26 denotes a handle memberslidable in the slot 2 of the hood wall V1 with the outer end of thehandle member fashioned to provide a hook shaped handle 27. The innerend of the handle member 21 is formed with apertured ears 28 and achannel member 29, such apertured ears being pivotally connected to thelower portion of' the latchmember 18fby a rivet 30 or other pivotal.means.v The channel member 29' embraces the latch member 18 and presentsa. fiat face 30 adapted for engagement with the flat 'face ment 17 Theslot 2 and the opening 13r4 provide clearance for the handle member 26and the .walls of the slot 14 are adapted to guide the channel member 29with the latch member 18 therein. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the Aflatlos 31 of the abut- 1 Cil wall 1 thus moving thelip 20 out of engagementwith the keeper. 5. As this is accomplished the upper end of the latchmember 18 is tilted away from the hood wall 1 and the spring 23 placedunder additional tension. After the. latch member clears the keeper 5the expansive torce of the spring 23 will restore the latch member 18and the handle member 26 to normal positions relative to each other, butraised relative to the bracket 7 and thef'abutment 17. 'llhe chan-- nelmember 29 will be held snug against the abutment and the guide housingwill limit the upward movement of the handle member as well as the latchmember, retaining these two members inposition so that the handle membercan be gripped for replacing t-he hood cover. The latch member willreadily ridel into engagement with the keeper and the manner in whichthe parts are assembled,

I eliminates rattling of such parts or any accidental displacementthereof.

li attach considerable importance to the fact thata hood equipped withmy fasteners, for instance two, obviates the necessity ot using anyother handles on the hood wall, for the reason that my handle memberscan vhe gripped for movin@ the hood wall in a natural way. Sometasteners now in use require a hood wall to be manipulated with one handwhile a latch ,is manipulated with the other hand, but in my arrangementthe hood wall can be manipulated by virtue 'ot the Jfasteners. l wouldalso direct attention to the angularity of 'the latch members relativeto the hood wall and the tact that these latch members are looselyconnected to the hood wall and have an angular engagement with thekeepers, with means above the keep-v ers for establishing a connectionbetween the .keepers and the latch members. rlhe means permits et thelatch members being tilted, during a latching or unlatching operationand the expansive torce of said means, through the medium of the latchmembers, tends to pull the hood wall inwardly and downwardly'. lhere isalways a clamping action oi' the hood wall against the stop and snapaction et the .latch memmenace bers relative to thel keepers. `linopening the hood wall the natural movement is to pull upwardlyandoutwardly and such torce @5 ont-he handle members removes the latchmembers from the keepers. ln closing the hood wall the natural movementis downwardly and inwardly and pressure on the handle members, incidentto closing the hood 7@ wall, lowers the latch members for engagementunder the keepers.

lt is thought that the operation and utility ot the fastener will beapparent without further description and that any number of ra fastenersmay be used in connection with hood walls or other closure members.lWhat l claim is 1. ln a hood fastener, the combination with a hood walland a keeper within the hood, e@ of a bracket carried by the inner taceof said hood wall and provided with a spring rem tainer, a latch memberhaving its upper end guided by said bracket, a spring retainer on theupper end of said latch member, a lip on the lower end of said latchmember adapted to engage said keeper, a spring on a portion of saidbracket having its end convolutions extending from said spring retainersto retain said latch member in engage'- ment with said keeper, and ahandle member extending through said hood wall and pivotally connectedto said latch memberv and adapted to ulcrum on said bracket between saidspring and said hood wall to shift said latch member out of engagementwith said keeper. v

2.. A hod fastener-as called .for in claim l, wherein said'bracket has afulcrum abutment with which said handle member has an edge 10oengagement tor shifting said latch member.

3. lin a hood fastener wherein a hood wall is adapted to beheld relativeto a keeper inside the hood; a latch mechanism including a bracket onthe inner tace of said hood ica wall, a flat tace abutment on saidbracket, a latch member extending through said bracket and supportedtherefrom 'tor engagement with said keeper, and a handle memberpivotally connected to said latch member and llo extending through saidhood wall, said handle member having a dat *tace for engage ment withthe abutment ot said bracket so that said handle member is held normallyhorizontal, the engagement between said ilel bracket and handle membercausing the lower end ot said latch member to be shii'ted towards saidhood' wall and the upper end oit said latch member shifted away fromsaid hood wall when said handle member is raised lao incident to openingthe hood.

ln testimony whereoi.'l l amr my signature.

EPHEN DE @RLQW

